1. What does the First Witch tell the witches to

do in Scene 1, lines 4-9?

A. Avoid the cauldron because of the poison

inside.

B. Find the poisoned entrails around the

cauldron.

C. Throw the poisoned entrails into the

cauldron.

D. Put the cauldron on the poisoned entrails.

Answer: C. Throw the poisoned entrails into the cauldron.

Explanation:

The three witches (or 'weird sisters') are supernatural creatures from Shakespeare's Macbeth. They make a prophecy about Macbeth's future at the beginning of the play, predicting that Macbeth would become a king.

In Act IV, Scene I, the witches are dancing around the cauldron and adding some ingredients into it - poisoned entrails, wolf's tooth, a frog's tongue, etc. They are preparing a strange potion. After the potion is finished, Macbeth enters the stage, determined to find out the truth about the witches' prophecies.